Pennsylvanians Clamber to Fix Their Ballots, as Thousands of Mail-In Votes Stand to Be Thrown Out

At nine o’clock on Monday morning, Dr. Ben Abella drove 30 minutes to northeast Philadelphia to pick up a stranger. The day before, an 84-year-old longtime Philly resident, Sarah, who has difficulty walking and was unable to drive, was notified by Philadelphia City Commissioners that her mail-in ballot was at risk of being thrown out. She was intent on ensuring her vote would count, and Abella, who heads up Physicians for Shapiro and Fetterman—a group supporting Democrats Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman for governor and Senate, respectively—was driving her to cure her ballot. Pennsylvania’s deadlocked state Supreme Court ruled in… Read Full Article